The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-13
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hereunUO Set Inelr ndnuS Inc oay ana year
aforesaid.
B. b BROWN,
Nm. LEAkY Jurors
GEO. BRAZIER,)
Attest: CRILDS MANTO Pc, Coroner
At the preliminary bearing, much
the same stgteI ent of facts was made
as was given in THE HERALD the morn
ing after the tragedy, only, of course,
they were more in detail. The testimony
of the prosecutions witnesses was OF
the same tenor as that given by Frank
J. Hunt, an employee at Gerraty q
Ivers' livery stable, who testified sub
stantially as follows: | was in Grant &
Clark's saloon, in the club room at the
time the deceased was killed :ssMr. Dixon
said to me, Dick Grant has drawn a
gun on somebody" | then turned
around and looked through the door
and saw Dick standing in front of An
derson and he fired; between the first
and second shots Anderson put his
hand up to his breast and the second
shot smashed through his thumb and
lodged in his breast also, as [ afterWard
learned; Anderson then retreated step
or two toward the door, reeled and fell
dead on the sidewalk; then l asked
Dick what he mad done; he said, |
shot that mamie drew a knife on me
and that other man too" (meaning
John Stanley; went directly through
the saloon to the sidewalk and took
hold of deceased and asked him if he
was much hurt; just then he drew his
last breath he made no reply; l then
got lantern from the livery stable and
said to the crowd that was gathering,
Gentlemen. let's look fer hat knife :"
Joe Cohen picked it up and closed it /;
the knife was near the deceased's left
hand CD the sidewalk; Joe Cohen put
the knife in his pocket. (The knife is
an ordinary jack or pocket knife,)
On motion to admit the prisoner to
bail, made at the first days examine
ton, w. l.. Snyder said nothing in the
~ase went to show that the deed was
murder in the first degree; that he ev-
idence went to show that it was only
homicide, growing out of sudden
quarrel: that defendant had right to
act as he did in his own house; any
man would have done the same, and he
therefore moved that the prisoner be
admitted to bail.
Mr.. Allison, for the prosecution, said
he intended to prove that the knife was
placed there by parties not in the quar-
rel; that he would prove Staniey's evil
dence untrue; that Grant could have
avoided the trouble that the arms were
unequal. If be was any Judge, the ey-
idenCe all tended to show that defend
ant was not iustiiaole in the commits
sion OF the deed; that the evidence so
far ute rly precluded his admission to
bail. There was no quarrel; deceased
was silent; had not abused de-
fendant; was very quiet, although he
had been forcibly elected from the
saloon. That he would prove deceased
was so intoxicated that he was an i'm
biciIe; that Grant had the advantage Of
weapons; that itfwas not self defense.
Why did Grant advance? Why did he
not remain behind the bar? There was
no evidence to show that deceased was
boisterous or vas doing anything to in
lure the reputation of the house-that
proprietors of such houses must expect
such things. That no overt act mad
been proved to show thatthe crime was
justifable. 1t was simply a diabolical
deed. r
The court ruled that until all the evil
dence was in, he would not be justified
in admitting the prisoner to bail.
On the further hearing, after the
prosecution had rested, the defendant,
Mr., Grant, was then placed on the
stand and testified as follows: Have
been in the saloon business four years.
Saw deceased on the Sd OF the present
month. Saw deceased for the first
time two years ago; did not know his
name; knew his face when he came in
on the night of the Sd; when in my
place two years ago he was noisy and
put him out; had no grudge against
him; came on shift about $50 pm;
Anderson was in my place four times
on the night OF the shooting; first time
he made noise, swung his bet and hal
looad; he was in there about TWO min
utes; when he made the noise / went
after him, to put him out; met him
near the ice chest; he went out without
any resistance; the second time he came
in was behind the bar; it was about
twenty minutes after l had ordered
him out; he shut the door when he
came in; / told him again to go out and
stay out; he did not move, so ] went
from behind the bar, took hold of him
and put him out; he made very little
resistance; after 1 put him out he
called me a s. of q B.; he stood on
the sidewalk a few minutes and then
went up street; the third time he came
in with a man from Gerraty & Ivers'
stable; his name was Evans; Ander-
son asked for drink; told him he could
get all he wanted outside, and wouldn't
give him any; 1 again went from be
hind the bar, took hold of him and put
him oat; he resisted and ] used force;
he placed his hands one on each side of
the door and braced himself; loosed
his hold and he fell down; be caught
me by the legs; loosed his hold on my
legs and catching him by the legs up
ended him out the door; it wasn't
much trouble, no one helped
me; have put out lots better
men. When asked: Didn't Officer
Weber ask you if you wanted the man
locked up and did't you tell him no;
that you had put him out three or four
tir,,aS and didn't think he Hnnld trou hla